---
title: simd_short2
framework: simd
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
path: simd/simd_short2
---

# simd_short2

A vector of two 16-bit signed integer elements.

## Declaration

```swift
typealias simd_short2 = SIMD2<Int16>
```

## Topics

### Functions to Create Two-Element Vectors From Other Vectors

- [simd_make_short2(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:)-6juuy.md)
- [simd_make_short2(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:)-6gmv7.md)
- [simd_make_short2(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:)-5z7ps.md)
- [simd_make_short2(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:)-74zg4.md)
- [simd_make_short2(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:)-58qns.md)
- [simd_make_short2(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:)-6bz90.md)

### Functions to Create Two-Element Vectors From Scalar Values

- [simd_make_short2(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:)-222xa.md)
- [simd_make_short2(_:_:)](simd/simd_make_short2(_:_:).md)
- [simd_make_short2_undef(_:)](simd/simd_make_short2_undef(_:).md)

### Common Functions

- [simd_abs(_:)](simd/simd_abs(_:)-88dfi.md)
- [simd_clamp(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_clamp(_:_:_:)-5qqhe.md)
- [simd_equal(_:_:)](simd/simd_equal(_:_:)-6gad6.md)

### Reduce Functions

- [simd_reduce_min(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_min(_:)-49c4w.md)
- [simd_reduce_max(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_max(_:)-4kmuw.md)
- [simd_reduce_add(_:)](simd/simd_reduce_add(_:)-2q65m.md)

### Extrema Functions

- [simd_min(_:_:)](simd/simd_min(_:_:)-13ip4.md)
- [simd_max(_:_:)](simd/simd_max(_:_:)-6w9rg.md)

### Logic and Bitwise Functions

- [simd_any(_:)](simd/simd_any(_:)-64jj5.md)
- [simd_all(_:)](simd/simd_all(_:)-1d5nj.md)
- [simd_bitselect(_:_:_:)](simd/simd_bitselect(_:_:_:)-625jo.md)

### Alternative Type Alias

- [vector_short2](simd/vector_short2.md)

## See Also

### Vector Data Types

- [simd_short1](simd/simd_short1.md)
- [simd_short3](simd/simd_short3.md)
- [simd_short4](simd/simd_short4.md)
- [simd_short8](simd/simd_short8.md)
- [simd_short16](simd/simd_short16.md)
- [simd_short32](simd/simd_short32.md)